I found this intriguing chart on stpeteforpeace.org which shows the majority of deaths in the United States and their causes. This chart was last updated in August 2008. St Pete for Peace is a non-partisan anti-war group that brings recognition to the “atrocities” the US government is “committing” in areas such as Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine. They support the homeless, are against cruelty, and fight for equality and human rights.

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This video is from the award winning documentary “Playing For Change”. Musicians from all over the world are joined together to play “Stand By Me” and many other classics. Mark Johnson, the head of this project, explains that his main goal is to unite people of different cultures and backgrounds through the art of music. You can find this documentary on amazon.com

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One of my largest concerns lately was the new bill on the handicapped’s well being in Kuwait. First of all, I would like start by emphasizing on the current situation. Because I study in the United States, I can observe the obvious difference of how the handicapped are treated in United States in comparison to Kuwait. Sadly, the majority in Kuwait treat the handicapped heartlessly and neglect them socially, medically and don’t even consider them as a potential candidates of the workforce.

While living in Seattle for the first year and a half of my college career, I had classes with two different professors at the University of Washington that held PhDs in the field of psychology and anthropology. Both professors are heads of their departments and have contributed to current state and federal laws that pertain to the disabled’s benefits under the Bush and Obama administration. Both professors are recipients of countless national awards for their contributions in their field of study. What do these professors have in common? They were both handicapped at birth. Could anyone else achieve what they have achieved? I really don’t think so.

For some reason, many Kuwaitis simply assume that the handicapped are not considered part of our society. Sadly, even some parents close all doors around their handicapped children. From their youth, they start brainwashing them with ideas that they are not going anywhere in their lives and because of their disability, it’s hard for them to advance in our society. On the social aspect of this problem, I don’t think this problem can be easily solved.

After numerous complications between the parliament members and the cabinet (which I don’t want to get into), the parliament just instated new laws that I hope will help ease this problem. The laws are the following:
- The government is required to provide full medical assistance for the handicapped
- Private sector companies are required to employ handicapped Kuwaitis to the extent that they should form four percent of their total staff. The government will provide the necessary financial assistance to those companies.

Personally, I don’t see these laws sufficient. For example, there should be an educational aspect to it that educates the public. When you have fully capable citizens parking in handicapped parking or registering in the government as handicapped to gain the current benefits, then that is a vital sign that the public is ignorant and uneducated about the matter at hand.

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There are many other ones you can find on YouTube.

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What are the odds of finding pictures of one of my favorite artists working on one of my favorite cars of all time? I was looking through the old BMW art collection and I found these pictures of Andy Warhol working on the 1979 BMW Track M1 Le Mans track car. Before working on the car, Andy Warhol established a goal that he would want the car to look exciting from the perspective of the audience at high speeds. It only took him 23 minutes to paint the whole car and this is what he said after he finished his work. “I tried to portray speed pictorially. If a car is moving really quickly, all the lines and colors are blurred. I love the car; it’s better than the work of art itself.”

Source: Carandbodydesign.com

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